Took one back last night. They needed that one. The division is closing up. Brew crew and Cards are catching up.

The Cubs are so talented that they can win despite Counsell.

The cubs just need to take care of their starting pitcher rotation.. loosing shota for a short time and Steele for the season kinda stings.
Rea, and Boyd have been great!! Brown is a bullpen guy and not a starter.
Now that shota is back, the cubs just need to find one more good arm.. I think cubs can make a decent run.
Cubs have gold glove defense,, happ and Swanson, but with pca ( who will probably get the center field gold glove this year) Busch at first, hoerner at second and Shaw with amazing glove at third.. cubs are also speedy, can hit for power,

Cubs are a definite contender

Here is a list of the current salaries for the NL central division in millions, Cubs 196, Cards 141, Brewers and Reds at 115 and Pirates at 87
I don't dis Counsell as much as many do. I feel him deciding to go to the Cubs helped ownership and management to up their salaries and bring players that can win. Brewers are scoring more runs more consistantly and pitching is getting better. Need more improvement in their middle inning guys. Nice to see the bottom of their line up getting better with their bats too. Central division NL is playing pretty decent baseball.

Bryce